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enAirAsia Flight 8501: 'My Heart Is Filled With Sadness', CEO Tony Fernandes Tweets As Reports Emerge Of Debris, Bodieshttp://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-flight-8501-my-heart-filled-sadness-ceo-tony-fernandes-tweets-reports-emerge-1769452
Update as of 6 a.m. EST: AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes, in a statement issued Tuesday evening confirming the debris found in the Java Sea indeed came from missing Flight 8501, said that the company's "first priority now is the wellbeing of the family members of those onboard QZ8501.”
“I am absolutely devastated. This is a very difficult moment for all of us at AirAsia as we await further developments of the search and rescue operations," he said.
http://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-flight-8501-my-heart-filled-sadness-ceo-tony-fernandes-tweets-reports-emerge-1769452Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:58:39 -0500AirAsia Flight 8501: Officials 95% Sure Missing Plane Has Been Found; TV Reports Show Images Of Debris, Bodyhttp://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-flight-8501-officials-95-sure-missing-plane-has-been-found-tv-reports-show-1769446
Bambang Sulistyo, the head of search and rescue operations in Indonesia reportedly said at a press conference Tuesday that an Indonesian air force Hercules aircraft had found a shadow underwater -- at 12:50 local time (12:50 a.m. EST), which was believed to be in the shape of a plane, the BBC reported. AirAsia Flight 8501 went missing Sunday, with 162 people on board, while flying from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore's Changi International Airport.http://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-flight-8501-officials-95-sure-missing-plane-has-been-found-tv-reports-show-1769446Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:20:50 -0500Jet Airways Flight Makes Emergency Landing At Kathmandu Airport After Bird Hithttp://www.ibtimes.com/jet-airways-flight-makes-emergency-landing-kathmandu-airport-after-bird-hit-1768464
A Jet Airways flight from Mumbai, India, to Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, made an emergency landing Monday after being hit by a bird and catching fire, according to reports. The Boeing 737 reportedly had 125 passengers and six crew members on board.
"Jet Airways flight 9W 268 Mumbai to Kathmandu B737 experienced a bird ingestion on approach and continued the flight with an uneventful and safe landing at Kathmandu," the airline said in a statement, according to the Press Trust of India.http://www.ibtimes.com/jet-airways-flight-makes-emergency-landing-kathmandu-airport-after-bird-hit-1768464Mon, 29 Dec 2014 04:48:17 -0500AirAsia Flight QZ 8501: Indonesia Dispatches Planes To Look For Missing Plane Amid Reports Of Crashhttp://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-flight-qz-8501-indonesia-dispatches-planes-look-missing-plane-amid-reports-1768172
Indonesia's air force has deployed two planes to look for AirAsia Indonesia Flight QZ 8501, which disappeared Sunday morning while flying to Singapore from Surabaya, BBC reported, adding that the search would focus on waters around South Borneo. Meanwhile, there were unconfirmed reports that the plane had crashed. http://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-flight-qz-8501-indonesia-dispatches-planes-look-missing-plane-amid-reports-1768172Sun, 28 Dec 2014 05:15:13 -0500AirAsia QZ8501: Weather Could Hamper Search Operations For Missing Plane, Reports Sayhttp://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-qz8501-weather-could-hamper-search-operations-missing-plane-reports-say-1768162
Update as of 5:26 a.m. EST: A lightning storm is currently underway in the waters between Indonesia and Singapore, around the area where Flight QZ8501 went missing, BBC reported, adding that the region has seen heavy storms, lightning and rains through the weekend. Towering thundercloud formations in the region -- with clouds rising up to 50,000 feet were reported by BBC Weather.
http://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-qz8501-weather-could-hamper-search-operations-missing-plane-reports-say-1768162Sun, 28 Dec 2014 04:14:39 -0500AirAsia QZ8501: Nations Offers Help In Search For Missing Plane; Tony Fernandes Leaves For Surabayahttp://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-qz8501-nations-offers-help-search-missing-plane-tony-fernandes-leaves-1768158
Update as of 5:52 a.m. EST: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott spoke to Indonesia's President Joko Widodo and offered to assist Indonesia in looking for Flight QZ8501, according to the Australian leader's Twitter feed. Australia is currently also assisting Malaysia in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared on March 8.http://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-qz8501-nations-offers-help-search-missing-plane-tony-fernandes-leaves-1768158Sun, 28 Dec 2014 03:24:30 -0500AirAsia QZ 8501 Missing For Over 7 Hours Now; Search And Rescue Operations Underwayhttp://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-qz-8501-missing-over-7-hours-now-search-rescue-operations-underway-1768154
This story has been updated to reflect a corrected list of nationalities -- issued by AirAsia -- of those on board the missing plane.
An AirAsia Indonesia flight from Surabaya to Singapore is yet to be traced, about seven hours after it lost contact with air traffic control at 7:24 a.m. local time (7:24 p.m. EST), Saturday), according to official statements. The flight, with the call sign QZ8501 had departed from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya at 5:35 a.m.http://www.ibtimes.com/airasia-qz-8501-missing-over-7-hours-now-search-rescue-operations-underway-1768154Sun, 28 Dec 2014 02:36:34 -0500Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Modi Government Official, Says Terrorism Won't Deter India's Development: Reporthttp://www.ibtimes.com/mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-modi-government-official-says-terrorism-wont-deter-indias-1752688
A leading Muslim minister in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government said Saturday that the country's development and growth would not be affected by those with motives to harm the country, according to ANI.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the country's minorities affairs minister, was reportedly responding to developments in Bangalore, where local police have detained a man suspected of managing a popular Twitter account sympathetic to the Islamic State group.http://www.ibtimes.com/mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-modi-government-official-says-terrorism-wont-deter-indias-1752688Sat, 13 Dec 2014 02:27:13 -0500Mike Nichols, Award-Winning Director Of 'The Graduate' And Other Works, Dead At 83http://www.ibtimes.com/mike-nichols-award-winning-director-graduate-other-works-dead-83-1726800
Mike Nichols, acclaimed film and theater director known for works like "The Graduate" and "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," died Wednesday night, according to reports. He was 83.
Nichols, who was nominated for the Academy Award for movies like "Working Girl," "The Remains of the Day" and "Silkwood," won a Best Director award for "The Graduate," and is reportedly one of only a dozen people to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. http://www.ibtimes.com/mike-nichols-award-winning-director-graduate-other-works-dead-83-1726800Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:46:21 -0500Facebook Suffers Global Outage For 30 Minutes; Twitter Reactshttp://www.ibtimes.com/facebook-suffers-global-outage-30-minutes-twitter-reacts-1605774
Facebook, the world's biggest social network, went offline on Thursday morning for about 30 minutes in what appears to have been a brief global outage.
This is the first time that the social network has been offline for more than a few minutes. And, according to the company's latest results, this outage would have affected about a fifth of the world's population as the social media portal has over 1.2 billion monthly active users.http://www.ibtimes.com/facebook-suffers-global-outage-30-minutes-twitter-reacts-1605774Thu, 19 Jun 2014 07:36:56 -0400